Description (Physical description)
Accession register for Z 19488: 'Spear, modern Masai type'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 19488: 'Spear of modern Masai type, long spearhead (square-sectioned ferrule). Wire binding round shank of spearhead, moulding round neck of ferrule.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Spearhead is separate from the wooden handle and ferrule
Event Date 15/12/2000
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
This object was previously recorded as 'Maasai' but the accession register and the catalogue card only refer to this object as 'Maasai type'. Maasai has thus been queried in the cultural group field.
Event Date 27/8/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.1977.36 | Remedial
Event Date 19/5/2020
Author: Kirstie French

Description (Physical description)
Shaft of a spear made of wood with a metal ferrule. The shaft has a circular cross-section, tapering to a point at the blade end. The ferrule has a split socket, with a collar possibly made of hide. The ferrule has a square cross-section, tapering to a point.
Event Date 13/4/2022
Author: Sam Daisley